NAME¶

ttfautohintGUI - add new auto-generated hints to a TrueType font

SYNOPSIS¶

ttfautohintGUI [ OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION¶

A GUI application to replace hints in a TrueType font. The new hints are based on FreeType's autohinter. This program is a simple front-end to the `ttfautohint' library. Long options can be given with one or two dashes, and with and without equal sign between option and argument. This means that the following forms are acceptable: `-foo=bar', `--foo=bar', `-foo bar', `--foo bar'. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. Options not related to Qt or X11 set default values.

OPTIONS¶

-f, --latin-fallback

set fallback script to latin

-G, --hinting-limit=N

switch off hinting above this PPEM value (default: 200); value 0 means no limit

-h, --help

display this help and exit

--help-all

show Qt and X11 specific options also

-i, --ignore-restrictions

override font license restrictions

-l, --hinting-range-min=N

the minimum PPEM value for hint sets (default: 8)

-n --no-info

don't add ttfautohint info to the version string(s) in the `name' table

-p, --pre-hinting

apply original hints in advance

-r, --hinting-range-max=N

the maximum PPEM value for hint sets (default: 50)

-s, --symbol

input is symbol font

-v, --verbose

show progress information

-V, --version

print version information and exit

-x, --increase-x-height=N

increase x height for sizes in the range 6<=PPEM<=N; value 0 switches off this feature (default: 14)

-X, --x-height-snapping-exceptions=STRING

specify a comma-separated list of x-height snapping exceptions

Qt Options:¶

--graphicssystem=SYSTEM

select a different graphics system backend instead of the default one (possible values: `raster', `opengl')

--reverse

set layout direction to right-to-left

--session=ID

restore the application for the given ID

--style=STYLE

set application GUI style (possible values: motif, windows, platinum)

--stylesheet=SHEET

apply the given Qt stylesheet to the application widgets

X11 options:¶

--background=COLOR

set the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

--bg=COLOR

same as --background

--btn=COLOR

set the default button color

--button=COLOR

same as --btn

--cmap

use a private color map on an 8-bit display

--display=NAME

use the given X-server display

--fg=COLOR

set the default foreground color

--fn=FONTNAME

set the application font

--font=FONTNAME

same as --fn

--foreground=COLOR

same as --fg

--geometry=GEOMETRY

set the client geometry of first window

--im=SERVER

set the X Input Method (XIM) server

--inputstyle=STYLE

set X Input Method input style (possible values: onthespot, overthespot, offthespot, root)

--name=NAME

set the application name

--ncols=COUNT

limit the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

--title=TITLE

set the application title (caption)

--visual=VISUAL

force the application to use the given visual on an 8-bit display (only possible value: TrueColor)

The program accepts both TTF and TTC files as input. Use option -i only if you have a legal permission to modify the font. If option -f is not set, glyphs not in the latin range stay unhinted. The used PPEM value for option -p is FUnits per em, normally 2048. With option -s, use default values for standard stem width and height, otherwise they are derived from latin character `o'. A hint set contains the optimal hinting for a certain PPEM value; the larger the hint set range, the more hint sets get computed, usually increasing the output font size. Note, however, that the `gasp' table of the output file enables grayscale hinting for all sizes (limited by option -G which is handled in the bytecode). A command-line version of this program is called `ttfautohint'.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: freetype-devel@nongnu.org ttfautohint home page: <http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2011-2012 Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>. License: FreeType License (FTL) or GNU GPLv2. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.